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We also need to appreciate that we are working directly for the Coast Guard.

Federal Regulations - Part 66 – Private Aids to Navigation with voice over on each slide. Click on the icon to hear the presentation after you read the slide. Prepared and presented by the First Northern Navigation Systems Team.

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We also need to appreciate that we are working directly for the Coast Guard.

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  1. Federal Regulations - Part 66 – Private Aids to Navigationwith voice over on each slide. Click on the icon to hear the presentation after you read the slide.Prepared and presented by the First Northern Navigation Systems Team.

  2. Understand that, as AVs, we are operating under the Federal Regulations of the United States of America when we verify PATONs – Private Aids to Navigation, when we survey Bridges and when we check ATONS - Federal Aids to Navigation.

  3. We also need to appreciate that we are working directly for the Coast Guard.

  4. § 66.01–1 Basic provisions. No person, public body or instrumentality not under the control of the Commandant, exclusive of the Armed Forces, shall establish and maintain, discontinue, changeor transfer ownership of any aid to maritime navigation, without first obtaining permission to do so from the Commandant. Authority is provided to the District Commander who establishes local authority to the DPW 1 (Department Prevention Waterways) under a Private Aid to Navigation Manager. [Steve Pothier]

  5. The term private aids to navigationincludes all marine aids to navigation operated in the navigable waters of United States other than those operated by the Federal Government or those operated in State waters for private aids to navigation Military normally follow the standard documentation rules as well as the States and local Municipalities. With the exception of radar beacons (recons) and shore based radar stations, operation of electronic aids to navigation as private aids will not be authorized.

  6. § 66.01–3 Delegation of authority to District Commanders. The Commandant delegates to the District Commanders within the confines of their respective districts the authority to grant permission to establish and maintain, discontinue, change or transfer ownership of private aids to maritime navigation, and otherwise administer the requirements of this subpart. This is handled by the Private Aid to Navigation Manager in DPW 1 in Boston.

  7. § 66.01–5 Application procedure. Application to establish and maintain, discontinue, change, or transfer ownership of a private aid to navigation shall be made to the Commander of the Coast Guard District in which the private aid to navigation is or will be located. Application forms (CG–2554) will be provided upon request. The applicant shall complete all parts of the form applicable to the aid to navigation concerned, and shall forward the application in triplicate to the District Commander. In the First District, aid owners are required to register on-line and use an on-line CG-2554 PATON Application format that is part of the Web-based PATON System. • Required fields insure that the proper information is submitted. • Application Reports are transmitted to DPW 1 in Boston.

  8. The following info is required: The proposed position of the aid to navigationby two or more horizontal angles, or bearings and distance from charted landmarks. A section of chart or sketch showing the proposed location of the aid to navigation shall be included. Submission of a Latitude and Longitude generated with a GPS is now sufficient and acceptable. The name and address of the person at whose expense the aid will be maintained. Required fields are provided on the on-line CG-2554 for this purpose. The name and address of the person who will maintain the aid to navigation. This is termed the POC-Person of contact.

  9. The time and dates during which it is proposed to operate the aid. Owner now indicated whether the aid is ANNUAL, or SEASONAL. If Seasonal, Set and Pull dates are required. The necessity for the aid.Fields and menus are provided. For lights: The color, characteristic, height above water, and descriptionof illuminating apparatus. Fields and menus are provided. For fog signals: Type (whistle, horn, bell, etc.) and characteristic. Fields and menus are provided’ For buoys or daybeacons: Shape, color,number, or letter, depth of water in which located or height above water.Fields and menus are provided. For racons: Manufacturer and model number of racon, height above water of desired installation, and requested coding characteristic. Equipment must have FCC authorization.

  10. § 66.01–10 Characteristics. The characteristics of a private aid to navigation shall conform to the United States Aids to Navigation System described in Subpart B of Part 62 of this subchapter. The IALA-B System refers to lateral aids only.

  11. § 66.01–15 Action by Coast Guard. The District Commander receiving the application will review it for completeness and will assign the aid one of the following classifications: (This action is performed by the Private Aid to Navigation Manager.) Class I: Aids to navigation on marine structures or other works which the owners are legally obligated to establish, maintain and operate as prescribed by the Coast Guard. (Class I aids are inspected by the Coast Guard.) Class II: Aids to Navigation exclusive of Class I located in waters used by general navigation. (Generally are lateral aids and lighted aids.) Class III: Aids to navigation exclusive of Class I located in waters not ordinarily used by general navigation. (Class III are mainly used for Regulatory Aids)

  12. § 66.01–20 Inspection. All classes of private aids to navigation shall be maintained in proper operating condition (by the owner). They are subject to inspection by the Coast Guard at any time and without prior notice.

  13. § 66.01–25 Discontinuance and removal. No person, public body or instrumentality shall change, move or discontinue any authorized private aid to navigation required by statute or regulation( Class I ) without first obtaining permission to do so from the District Commander.

  14. Any authorized private aid to navigation not required by statute or regulation (Classes II and III)may be discontinued and removed by the owner after 30 days notice to the District Commander to whom the original request for authorization for establishment of the aid was submitted. Private aids to navigation which have been authorized pursuant to this part shall be discontinued and removed without expenseto the United States by the person, public body or instrumentality establishing or maintaining such aids when so directed by the District Commander.

  15. § 66.01–30 Corps of Engineers’ approval. Before any private aid to navigation consisting of a fixed structure is placed in the navigable waters of the United States, authorization to erect such structure shall first be obtained from the District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in whose district the aid will be located. (USACE) The application to establish any private aid to navigation consisting of a fixed structure shall show evidence of the required permit having been issued by the Corps of Engineers.

  16. § 66.01–40 Exemptions. Nothing in the preceding sections of this subpart shall be construed to interfere with or nullify the requirements of existing laws and regulations pertaining to the marking of structures, vessels and other obstructions sunken in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, the marking of artificial islands and structures which are erected on or over the seabed and subsoil of the Outer Continental Shelf, or the lighting of bridges over navigable waters of the United States. Persons marking bridges pursuant to Subchapter J of this title are exempted from the provisions of § 66.01–5.

  17. § 66.01–45 Penalties. Any person, public body or instrumentality, excluding the armed forces, who shall establish, erect or maintain any aid to maritime navigation without first obtaining authority to do so from the Coast Guard, with the exception of those established in accordance with § 64.10 of this chapter, or who shall violate the regulations relative thereto issued in this part, is subject to the provisions of 14 U.S.C. 83. [These are called “Unauthorized” Aids]

  18. 14 USC 83 No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed services, shall establish, erect, or maintain any aid to maritime navigation in or adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or public body, or instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without first obtaining authority to do so from the Coast Guard in accordance with applicable regulations.

  19. 14 USC 83 Whoever violates the provisions of this section or any of the regulations issued by the Secretary in accordance herewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $100 for each offense. Eachday during which such violation continues shall be considered as a new offense.

  20. § 66.01–50 Protection of private aids to navigation. Private aids to navigation lawfully maintained under these regulations are entitled to the same protection against interference or obstruction as is afforded by law to Coast Guard aids to navigation. If interference or obstruction occurs, a prompt report containing all the evidence available should be made to the Commander of the Coast Guard District in which the aids are located.

  21. § 66.01–55 Transfer of ownership. When any private aid to navigation authorized by the District Commander, or the essential real estate or facility with which the aid is associated, is sold or transferred, both parties to the transaction shall submit application to the Commander of the Coast Guard District in which the aid is located requesting authority to transfer responsibility for maintenance of the aid. The party relinquishing responsibility for maintenance of the private aid to navigation shall indicate on the application form (CG–2554) both the discontinuance and the change of ownership of the aid sold or transferred.

  22. The party accepting responsibility for maintenance of the private aid to navigation shall indicate on the application form (CG–2554) both the establishment and the change of ownership of the aid sold or transferred. In the event the new owner of the essential real estate or facility with which the aid is associated refuses to accept responsibility for maintenance of the aid, the former owner shall be required to remove the aid without expense to the United States. This requirement shall not apply in the case of any authorized private aid to navigation required by statute or regulation (Class I, § 66.01–15) which shall be maintained by the new owner until the conditions which made the aid necessary have been eliminated.

  23. AVC Check Offs • AV/PQS – check off Task 5 • If you are presenting this PowerPoint in your area to a group, let me know ahead of time and I will make myself available to answer questions by phone. • If you have questions, you may contact me at: FrankJLarkin@verizon.net – or home phone at 978-263-3023 or cell at 617-997-7423.

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